tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370574613649717168.post5550169971240839610..comments2023-05-06T07:14:22.978-07:00Comments on Demon Hunting and Tenth Dimensional Physics: Variety--Not Just a MagazineVoss Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05103339132058102578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370574613649717168.post-47138667125079648712012-04-25T18:56:32.151-07:002012-04-25T18:56:32.151-07:00Last year, from July through December, I did anoth...Last year, from July through December, I did another A to Z on my blog -- women writers of science fiction and fantasy. A lot of them write women characters, characters of color, and LGBT characters. I talked about <i>Carnival</i> by Elizabeth Bear, for example, which deals with a pair of gay men, and Ginn Hale wrote about how she had trouble finding gay and lesbian protagonists, so she wrote them. Nnedi Okorafor and N. K. Jemison both use other cultures as the basis for their writing.<br /><br />I love variety, and there's more of it out there now -- but you do still have to look a bit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.erinmhartshorn.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Erin</a>Erin M. Hartshornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266817608093831779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370574613649717168.post-83022142821477566992012-04-25T18:47:01.504-07:002012-04-25T18:47:01.504-07:00This is a really big deal to me. I'm glad thin...This is a really big deal to me. I'm glad things are changing and the biggest distributors of our stories (publishers and film production companies) are branching out and recognizing the variety of available stories, but I wish it would change a little faster.Iliadfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493266923216940390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370574613649717168.post-82097121729534505522012-04-25T12:44:44.994-07:002012-04-25T12:44:44.994-07:00I like your reference to history...we can learn mu...I like your reference to history...we can learn much from it. Yes, our books do mirror our society. Some good, and some not-so-good, unfortunately...just stopping by to say hello from the Challenge!<br /><a href="http://4ambassadorsofchrist.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">MakingTheWriteConnections</a>Jarm Del Bocciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734893974122730211noreply@blogger.com